Chapter 452: Is Madara About to Succeed?
Uchiha Madara was extremely cautious.
The last time his plan to take the reincarnation cells of Asura failed, it had been the closest he had ever come to recovering his power.
After that failure, he went quiet and could only settle for the next best thing—using strategy to win over Granny Chiyo and achieve his goal.
And now, he had originally returned only to warn the people of the Amegakure Village to stop Obito, so Obito wouldn't become the Ten-Tails jinchūriki before him.
He truly never expected Obito, who possessed a broken Mangekyō ability like Kamui, to be captured by the Amegakure Village.
What a useless fool.
Uchiha Madara sighed inwardly.
Still, when he called Obito useless, he was simply stating a fact. He didn't actually hate him.
If anything, it was lucky that Obito was incompetent and got captured. That was exactly why he now had this second chance to reclaim his power.
After moving forward in his wheelchair for some distance, Uchiha Madara stopped and began walking.
The reason was simple, he didn't want to make noise and alert the other side.
Soon, Madara arrived at the location he had sensed.
He placed one hand on the rock wall. His previous sensing technique had used up nearly ninety percent of his chakra. Now, with only the last bit remaining, he touched the rock wall made from folded paper and painfully tore open a gap before stepping inside.
After entering, Madara carefully sealed the opening again. Only then did he cautiously sit on the ground to rest while gathering enough chakra for his next move.
Once he understood how the prison holding Obito worked, Madara felt pleasantly surprised.
That layer of paper could block sensory detection to some degree. After disguising itself as a rock wall, it also required chakra to disrupt the Transformation Technique before it could be opened.
And since the Amegakure Village had imprisoned Obito, they either gouged out his eyes or sealed his chakra.
Thinking of this, Uchiha Madara felt lucky that he had carefully remembered every detail after being revived through the Reanimation Jutsu.
Some time ago, at the end of his failed attempt to take the reincarnation cells of Asura, Senju Tobirama had appeared before him drained of chakra and unable to move, allowing Madara to mock and humiliate him thoroughly.
Madara had not simply enjoyed humiliating Tobirama. He had also noticed something unusual.
Tobirama's condition proved that someone in the Amegakure Village possessed the ability to continuously suppress another person's chakra.
Even a Reanimation body, which could endlessly recover chakra, had been suppressed.
Since the Amegakure Village had this ability, then Obito must also have had his chakra restricted after being captured.
And because of that, this place might not have very strict defenses.
If not for keeping Obito alive, the ideal prison would probably contain only Obito himself.
Because every extra person inside was basically another key capable of opening the cage.
And every time someone entered or left and tore open the entrance, it created another chance for outsiders to sense the location.
Just like earlier, when Uchiha Madara happened to detect Obito's position. Perhaps the Sage of Six Paths himself had favored him and allowed him to sense the place at the exact moment someone entered or exited.
And during this period, he had been betrayed and trapped by that inherently evil Hashirama, who had planted a technique inside him that allowed his Reanimation body to feel pain, leaving him in constant agony.
But this was also a trial from heaven.
Now that he could feel pain, he was able to control his body under that suffering and infiltrate this place as perfectly as possible.
After resting for a while and gathering himself, Uchiha Madara resumed moving and headed toward Obito's location.
"As expected, not a single guard."
As Madara walked through the cave, he found the defenses just as loose as he had guessed. Instantly, it felt like success was right in front of him.
Madara walked directly into the room where Obito was being held. Inside, there was only a large and tall stone bed in the center, while the rest of the room was completely empty.
The moment Obito heard someone arrive, he immediately continued pretending to sleep.
Although he already knew that his fake act had been exposed, what else could he do besides continue?
Running away from reality might be shameful, but it worked.
Obito had no idea who had come. Maybe it was a medical ninja. Maybe it was Rin. Whatever.
As long as he didn't open his eyes, and as long as the other side didn't speak, he would just pretend it was White Zetsu and ignore them.
At least that made him feel a little better.
Hm?
Obito almost jerked in shock but managed to stop himself in time.
The person who arrived suddenly reached a hand toward his waist.
Could it really be Rin this time?
Several images instantly appeared in Obito's mind.
After touching Obito, Madara confirmed that Obito's chakra had indeed been sealed.
As for exactly how it had been sealed, Madara had no way to continue checking.
He had very little chakra left, so every bit of it had to be used carefully.
Right now, Madara was thinking about whether he should take the Hashirama cells first or gouge out Obito's eye first.
It was a difficult choice.
Should he raise his stats first, or get the special ability first?
The moment he took either one, the pain would most likely wake Obito up.
After thinking it over, Madara still decided to improve his stats first.
His current chakra limit was too low.
Even if he got Obito's Sharingan, he wouldn't be able to use it properly.
He might need to save chakra for ten days or half a month just to barely use it once.
And during that time, someone would probably discover what he had done.
It was better to restore his power first.
As long as he recovered his strength, then even if Obito's chakra remained sealed, he could still forcibly gouge out his eyes afterward!
Madara made his decision and began acting.
Obito was lying on his side with his back facing the entrance, and facing Madara.
At that moment, Obito imagined that the person touching him was Rin.
It really had to be said that chakra and Hashirama cells were amazing things.
Logically, after losing all dignity, Obito's desires in that area should have weakened a lot. Yet he was still this repressed.
Suddenly.
Obito felt the hand on his body pull away. Then, instead of one hand, a pair of arms wrapped around his waist from behind.
Obito's face immediately turned red.
People often said Obito was like a ruined clown, but at least the ruined clown had actually been with Isolde.
As for Obito, the most he had ever done was hold hands, and even that had only been teammates grabbing hands.
Obito started imagining things. Could Rin's actions be her way of telling him that even if he had lost all dignity, she was still willing to have a pure spiritual relationship with him?
That thought suddenly gave Obito a new idea.
The fantasy world of the Infinite Tsukuyomi could go in this direction...
"Urgh!"
The sharp pain in his body instantly dragged Obito back to reality from his fantasy.
He opened his eyes in shock and looked down. The arms wrapped around his waist had now stabbed into his sides.
Those hands wore red armor.
Not Rin!
Then who?
Had some organ thief come to steal his kidneys?!
"Obito, why are you smiling? Are you really that happy to offer your body to me? I'm very pleased. Now truly is the time for you to repay me for saving your life."
Uchiha Madara's voice sounded beside Obito's ear, making his whole body turn cold.
(End of this chapter)